Our Lady of Guadalupe, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

Guests shower Vincent and Lynn—the newly pronounced Mr. and Mrs. Marrapodi—as they exit the church.

Photograph: Courtesy of Lynn Marrapodi

En Route to Marble Collegiate Church

President Richard Nixon escorts his daughter, Julie, to marry Dwight David Eisenhower II. The 500-person reception took place in the Grand Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel. Guests danced to rock and roll, at the groom’s request.

Photograph: Frank Hurley/New York Daily News

Huntington Townhouse, East Northport, N.Y.

Joy and Jonathan Santlofer strike a “Victorian mod” pose for a photographer friend. A reception of 100 guests followed.

Photograph: Courtesy of Joy and Jonathan Santlofer

Huntington Townhouse

George and Barbara McVetty cut the cake; she flaunts long sleeves and an oversize rosette headpiece.

Photograph: Courtesy of George and Barbara McVetty

St. Clement’s Episcopal Church

Joan Baez and David Harris, a leading Vietnam draft resister, exchange vows in Manhattan.

Photograph: Associated Press

Audubon Park, Jersey City, N.J.

“Dirty Dog” places a helmet on his new bride.

Photograph: by Leonard Detrick/New York Daily News

Our Lady Of Guadalupe

Jodi Luciano feigns jealousy as her new husband, Daniel, pretends to make out with the maid of honor.

Photograph: Courtesy of Jodi Luciano

Fayerweather Hall, Columbia University

During a student takeover, which denounced segregation and Vietnam, a Protestant chaplain declares Richard Egan and Andrea Burrow “children of the New Age.”

Photograph: Ann Douglas

Leonard’s, Great Neck, N.Y

Phyllis Grossman and Robert Jules Siegel, summer-camp sweethearts, discuss last-minute details with their rabbi.

Photograph: Courtesy of Phyllis and Robert Siegel